Had his best appearance today in his second spell here - world-class defending, solid as a rock and anticipating everything everywhere. Love to see him play.

He looks quality, sublimely skilful on the ball, but now defends properly, JT and Zouma are going struggle to get in ahead of Luiz and GC...

3 hours ago, nominator said:

Had his best appearance today in his second spell here - world-class defending, solid as a rock and anticipating everything everywhere. Love to see him play.

And f**king strong!  So many times he wasn't bullied off the ball.  Love him.  

No-one is laughing at Luiz or chelsea any more...have to say, he's done far better than I thought he would and I was pleased he came back in the first place...but at the time it was more for his personality, I still feared he'd have too many mistakes in him...hope he keeps this up

He toyed with Everton today.

4 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

He looks quality, sublimely skilful on the ball, but now defends properly, JT and Zouma are going struggle to get in ahead of Luiz and GC...

JT isn't getting back in atall barring an injury crisis, didn't suit a back three in his prime let alone now. Thanks to the emergence of this back three, we can give Zouma all the time in the world to get back to full health.

Certainly exceeded my expectations of him returning...but then again, so has the rest of the team. This is a miracle formation.

The way he can pick out a pass from the back is brilliant. We always knew he was good on the ball, but our past formations never really suited him, this formation suits him perfectly though. The same can be said for many of our players though, so many of them suit this formation. The reason why 3-4-3 hasn't worked in the past in the Premier League is because teams haven't had the right players to play this way, we have though.

He has been outstanding since the move to 3, it is a perfect formation for him, so maybe he and Alonso were Conte signings after all with this back 3 in mind. His passing is a joy to watch, and in this 3 he has no need to go charging out of defence to tackle unnecessarily, which was one of the main things I was worried about on his return. I would still worry about him in a back 4 if I`m being brutally honest, but with Matic and Kante on the pitch they cover in perfectly for him. 

I had to add this tweet, because so many so-called CFC fans were ready to throw Side Show Bob under the bus before a kick-off whistle was even blown

Jamie ?@LegendJohnTerry Nov 5

When they said you're just a panic buy, but then it turns out that you're the best CB in the country

I love it when people are proved wrong, however I also appreciate it when people accept it and apologize. This is Garth Crooks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37892037

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I think I owe Chelsea boss Antonio Conte an apology. I was one of those pundits who gasped and then sneered at his decision to bring Luiz back to Stamford Bridge.

Yet what I have witnessed since the Brazil defender's return is a player utterly focused on defending and taking pride in keeping clean sheets.

Against Everton, he stuffed Romelu Lukaku in his right pocket and Yannick Bolasie in his left. I cannot remember a single chance Everton had throughout the 90 minutes in one of the best defensive displays I have seen by a Chelsea team in years. And it was led and directed by Luiz. Magnificent.

 

And who remembers after the Liverpool game when Souness and Carragher were chatting a lot of sh*t calling Luiz a 'panic buy' and stating he will not be a first choice CB at Chelsea? He started every single game  and apart from Arsenal game he has been very good and has been one of the best CB in the league this season.

Edited November 7, 20169 yr by STATS

All I'm missing is one of his hype goal celebrations

All I'm missing is one of his hype goal celebrations

It's coming definitely coming

It's coming definitely coming

All I'm missing is one of his hype goal celebrations

Side Show has been very close in scoring. IMHO he will score in November

 

The 3 back system is really perfect for Luiz.  He had the extra protection from the other two Center backs and Matic, which allows him to safely distribute or play as a quasi-sweeper. 

Edited November 7, 20169 yr by Blue Beagle

13 hours ago, STATS said:

I love it when people are proved wrong, however I also appreciate it when people accept it and apologize. This is Garth Crooks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37892037

love this one quote Brooks made

Against Everton, he stuffed Romelu Lukaku in his right pocket and Yannick Bolasie in his left

Edited November 7, 20169 yr by robdog

Since Conte changed the formation to encompass three at the back, Luiz has thrived under that formation.

It's been fantastic to see how well he's played recently. Here's hoping he keeps it up.

Just spent a few minites reading back through pages around the mid 30's of this thread.

I won't quote anyone as I don't want to single anyone out for ridicule, but some people must feel a bit silly now ;-)

Conte knows how to use Luiz. He's even better in the past game than the whole stint he had with PSG.

7 hours ago, mclovin83 said:

Just spent a few minites reading back through pages around the mid 30's of this thread.

I won't quote anyone as I don't want to single anyone out for ridicule, but some people must feel a bit silly now ;-)

I was one of those against him coming back, and I don't feel silly at all, I'm simply delighted that he is one of the best defenders in the PL at the moment thanks to the intelligence of Conte. In the first few games he wasn't the worse of our players, but he didn't perform as well as he is now. So, yes, happy he is doing a superb job.

What i hoped would happen, seems to have happened. 

 

16 hours ago, RMH said:

I was one of those against him coming back, and I don't feel silly at all, I'm simply delighted that he is one of the best defenders in the PL at the moment thanks to the intelligence of Conte. In the first few games he wasn't the worse of our players, but he didn't perform as well as he is now. So, yes, happy he is doing a superb job.

Plenty of people were against him coming back and that is fair enough. 

My post was more aimed at the people who were slagging him off to high heavan, mocking the signing, and suggesting he was nothing but a liability who was only popular because he had wacky hair. 

Edited November 9, 20169 yr by mclovin83

I'll admit that I thought it was a panic buy at the time. It seems Conte had a plan all along. Just let Luiz be Luiz.

3 hours ago, mclovin83 said:

Plenty of people were against him coming back and that is fair enough. 

My post was more aimed at the people who were slagging him off to high heavan, mocking the signing, and suggesting he was nothing but a liability who was only popular because he had wacky hair. 

Its even worse than that, I wasn't happy because I didn't see him working in a defence of 3 but thought he could work in one of 4... Has there been anyone more wrong than me in History?   

Edited November 9, 20169 yr by RMH